Emc Confronts Harassment Charges

In 2003 EMC Corporation which provides software for information management, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, has had over a dozen lawsuits in sexual discrimination. EMC says they don’t tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination. Reading threw the company police provided on the company website nothing was mentioned of sexual harassment or discrimination. Providing you with Facts and evidence you can be the judge of it.

EMC violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by the following actions: Insinuations that a person’s employment, wages, academic grade, promotional opportunities work assignments, or other conditions of employment may be adversely affected by not submitting to sexual advances for Example Stated in Case: EMC Confronts Harassment Charges in Paragraph Two the following statement was said “One woman said her boss wouldn’t give her a big account because she refused to ‘smoke, drink, swear, hunt, fish, and tolerate strip clubs.’” Denying her the opportunity to thrive in her job due to inappropriate things is a violation in her civil rights.

At the rate EMC is going they seem to ignore the already present Charges of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. According to Frank Hauck, who has been with EMC for several years, insists that sexual harassment is not tolerated. But sales data shows the significant differences in the pay between men and women. According to the complaints in the lawsuits, EMC subjected saleswomen to demeaning sexual comments, company-paid trips to strip clubs, and retaliation against women who complained. EMC shouldn’t be allowed to continue to conduct business the way they do.

If I was a human resource manager at EMC I’d recommend a few things to help EMC thrive. EMC should rethink their way of business so that both saleswomen and salesmen have the same opportunity’s to get clients. Mangers shouldn’t be able to take a client from a sales person because they are female....

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